Exit Interview: Ninth Elimination on Survivor 49

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🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Exit Interview: Ninth Elimination on Survivor 49
Rob Cesternino (@RobCesternino) interviews the latest castaway voted off the Survivor 49 island, followed by This Week In Survivor History with Jordan Kalish (@JordanKalish) where Rob plays against an RHAP patron.
Survivor 49 heats up as host Rob Cesternino returns for an exit interview, joined by MC. This week’s podcast digs deep into MC’s experience as the latest castaway voted out, bringing fans behind the scenes of Tribal Council drama, shifting alliances, and big strategic swings. Survivor’s signature twists create chaos on the beach, and MC shares new perspective on why her torch was snuffed.
Rob interviews MC about her shocking exit after a split Tribal shuffled the deck for all players. MC walks through the vote, revealing the tension that arose when the plan to split votes was exposed. She explains her decision to tell Jawan about the tie-break strategy—even at the risk of blowing up her own game. MC opens up about the challenge of managing real-world issues like race, and how these shaped her choices and relationships. Meanwhile, the hosts discuss the sudden shift when Savannah arrives on the beach, creating new uncertainty and suspicion among castaways. The panel also takes a look back at the old Hina tribe, dissecting the network of alliances, social bonds, and what might have happened if they’d finally lost a challenge.
– MC’s out-of-game conversation with Jawan that changed the vote dynamics
– The impact of Savannah’s arrival and how it shook up trust at camp
– Split Tribal challenges and why certain players were at risk from the start
– MC’s strategic positioning, including alliances with Sophie and covert information sharing
– How race and representation influenced voting decisions and alliance choices
Chapters:
0:00 Survivor Exit Interview Begins
6:46 Split Tribal Twist Revealed
12:21 MC Explains Idol Play Decision
16:17 TWISH begins
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0:00.0	everybody what's going on rob cesterino back with our exit interview after episode number
0:13.9	eight i thought it was a good one this week and we've got a lot to talk about with the latest
0:18.8	player voted out of the game and that is going to be
0:21.4	MC and we'll talk about MC and everything that she was thinking in this last episode.
0:29.2	So looking forward to that conversation.
0:31.6	Plus, we'll also have Jordan Kalish in for this week in Survivor History.
0:37.0	Busy Thursday today, Dr. Christian Hubicki will stop by to talk about everything from this episode. Also, Kathy Vavrick O'Brien on the old school interview as well. So make sure you're locked in for everything. R.H.A.P. So we have MC on the line. Let's go ahead and bring her in. Hey, MC, what's going on? Rob, Sesternino, and I'm
0:56.0	very much looking forward to talking with you about this experience because I was thinking about
1:00.3	this from your perspective. And I must imagine from you, the day you woke up that you ended up
1:06.6	being voted out, you probably thought, I have no chance of going home today.
1:13.1	Honestly, yeah, you're probably right. You mean the day I got voted out. The day you got voted
1:19.2	out. It was kind of like a day from hell. The day I got voted out, I was not expecting to go
1:24.2	home that day because I had, I was really tight with my allies.
1:28.7	It wasn't until I learned that it was going to be a split tribal that I was like, oh, yeah, I might be in trouble.
1:34.3	Okay.
1:35.2	Did you know instantly when you got that draw of people that maybe that this was going to be a problem?
1:42.6	Yes, I 100% knew.
1:43.9	As soon as I saw Savannah on the other team and I saw what the challenge was, that definitely favors small people, maybe with small feet. I was like, oh, it's either going to be Savannah or Sophie B on that side. And on our side, I was like, it's going to be Sophie S. But I was like, I don't know if Sophie S can be
2:00.9	Savannah. So I was like, whew, we are, I am in trouble from the get go. So you get to that
2:08.5	Uli Beach and you hear about this plan that Sophie has of, okay, let's let Rizzo think it's
2:15.5	going to be him or we'll put the votes on him. And then on the tie break, I'm going to cast my one vote for Joanne.
2:20.8	You made the decision to tell Joanne about the plan.
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